Who among the following was the author of the book 'Kitab-i-Nauras'?

1. A

   Ibrahim Adil Shah II

   (a) Ibrahim Adil Shah II. The Bijapur sultan, called Jagat Guru, composed Kitab-i-Nauras, a Deccani song-collection on the nine rasas, with Nauraspur as his music city. Official key.

2. B

   Ali Adil Shah

   (b) Ali Adil Shah. Ali Adil Shah I was an earlier Bijapur ruler (Talikota generation), not the Nauras author.

3. C

   Quli Qutab Shah

   (c) Quli Qutab Shah. Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah of Golkonda wrote Telugu–Persian verse and founded Hyderabad, not Kitab-i-Nauras.

4. D

   Akbar II

   (d) Akbar II. The late Mughal emperor Akbar Shah II is centuries later and off this Deccan book.

Summary. Official key is (a) Ibrahim Adil Shah II. Kitab-i-Nauras is his Bijapur court work on ragas and rasas, painted in the Deccan school. Ali Adil Shah and Quli Qutb Shah are neighbouring sultanate authors; Akbar II is a Delhi phantom on this list.